It varies depending on the exact price of gold at the moment, but the bullion is stored as 400 troy ounce ingots, so just look up the current price of gold per ounce and multiply by 400. As of early 2011, it's in the general neighborhood of a half million dollars each.
The Federal government does not provide that information so any values are speculative.
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I'm pretty sure it is at Fort Knox, in Kentucky I'm pretty sure it is at Fort Knox, in Kentucky
The web site of the US Mint (www.usmint.gov) answers the question. The dimensions of a standard brick of 99.999 pure gold, stored by the United States Treasury at Fort KNox, Kentucky, USA, are 7 inches x 3-5/8 inches x 1-3/4 inches. Each gold brick weighs 400 troy ounces, or about 27.5 pounds. Value of gold fluctuates daily. "Spot" value times the weight of the brick will give you its value. Spot value of gold at close of the markets on December 14, 2008 was $826.70 per ounce. A 400 ounce gold brick would be valued at $330,680.00 at that time. Bullion values worldwide can be tracked at www.amark.com, and many other money market sites.
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The value of the gold held in Fort Knox changes every day because the price of gold changes every day. Current estimates of holdings are 147.4 MILLION ounces Troy in gold. The current spot price of gold is $1,126.40 per ounce, multiply that by the Knox's holdings for your answer. NOTE: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York actually holds more gold then Fort Knox does.
Fort Knox was the major storing place for gold that was obtained during the Gold Rush. Fort Knox is a base in the state of Kentucky.
Fort Knox
The Federal government does not provide that information so any values are speculative.
he United States Bullion Depository, commonly called Fort Knox, is a fortified vault building located near Fort Knox, Kentucky which is used to store a large portion of United States official gold reserves, as well as from time to time, other precious items belonging to, or entrusted to, the United States of America.
The short answer is that we do. It's used as a reserve in case of any kind of financial disaster. The long answer is because our currency is fiat money. We do not base the value of the dollar on any commodity (such as gold), and thus have no real use for it. If we were on say the gold standard, then the gold in Fort Knox would play a much different part in our economy.
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Goldfinger was the Bond villain who attempted to rob Fort Knox - or more precisely, he was going to set off a nuclear bomb inside Fort Knox to destroy the gold, so that his own existing gold investments would increase in value. It was similar but not exactly the same as a robbery. More like extreme vandalism.